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Re: Question: Characters in the Upper Case (diagram from Updike's Printing Types)
Rightmost ones look like you could string them together to make horizontal braces {}.4 -
Re: Question: Why are foot serifs cupped?
Another potential factor not yet mentioned: As metal sorts are used over and over, their surfaces get worn, and more so at their corners. So cupping serifs may also be seen as a countermeasure to the…3 -
Re: Arrowwood
Looking good! My eye wants the top of the closed counter of /A to be nudged a little rightward. Top arms of /E and /F and bottom arm of /E could maybe get a touch darker?2 -
Re: En/Em dash length for condensed style font
Bringhurst says the hyphen is now standardized to a quarter em, for what that's worth. It seems clear to me that with condensed or expanded designs, such an em-based standard isn't going to…2 -
Re: Arrowwood
Defaults are definitely preferable thought the alt /U/ is kind of intriguing. I'd toss out the others.1
